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The arrest of an international student inside her Columbia University residence comes as state officials have sought to harden protections for foreign students at Massachusetts universities. trib.al/LDdzTZP

A former ICE lawyer is warning that the agency has scaled back training hours for recruits and is instructing them to violate the Constitution. to.pbs.org/4cPOW4s

Donald Trump canceled Direct File after giant tax prep companies spent millions lobbying. Why? Because Direct File let you file your taxes for free. So today, I’m introducing a bill to make Direct File the law of the land. And 160 members of Congress are joining me.

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This is insane — DHS apparently went so far in their lie that Columbia University President Claire Shipman says the agents apparently brought faux flyers of a "missing child" so they could force themselves inside a campus residency to detain a college student.

NEW -- Last night Donald Trump announced a $1,000 match for lower-income workers' retirement accounts. He forgot to mention that it was created under a proposal signed into law by Joe Biden. It is already going into effect in January. huffpost.com/entry/trump-tak…

NEW: A federal judge said in an opinion issued today that the Trump administration violated the tax law “approximately 42,695 times” in turning over immigrant data to ICE

This week @TheLancet cover and link to their accompanying editorial thelancet.com/journals/lance…

A new collaboration between 6 museums—including the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass—is giving users better access to 100,000 objects online. fivecolleges.edu/about/news-…

WSJ editorial board unloads on the surgeon general nominee. wsj.com/opinion/casey-means-…

A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. wired.com/story/a-white-hous…

I led SDNY’s health care fraud prosecutions for years. You don’t cut off Medicaid for people who need it to stop fraudsters who abuse it. This isn’t a War on Fraud. It’s a War on Minnesota.

As a former U.S. Surgeon General who held an active medical license and practiced medicine while in the role (at Walter Reed and aboard the USS Comfort) it is incomprehensible that the Senate is even considering a nominee for this role who lacks any active license and has never practiced unsupervised. 🤯

Farmers were promised $400 million in drought aid. Trump’s USDA ghosted them. More than a year later, not a penny has been spent, and no one knows what happened to the money. motherjones.com/politics/202…

Exclusive: A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered irregularities in the ethics review of a $1.6 million research grant to examine the effects of a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine in the African nation of Guinea-Bissau. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/po…

Tonight through Monday, we’re expecting a severe winter storm that could bring two feet of snow to parts of Massachusetts. To protect public safety, I’m declaring a State of Emergency, activating the State Emergency Operations Center and @TheNationsFirst, and am directing non-emergency state employees to work remotely tomorrow, February 23. @MassDOT is already pretreating roadways and preparing to deploy over 3,000 pieces of equipment. I’m urging residents to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary and pay attention to local parking bans. Prepare for the possibility of power outages by charging your devices and making sure you have a flashlight and batteries on hand. Take precautions with fireplaces, space heaters, and generators. Clear snow exhaust vents and fire hydrants near your home. I’m grateful to the first responders and local and state workers who’ll be out keeping us safe during the storm. Remember to look out for your neighbors and help each other get through this safely. We’ll be providing updates and the storm progresses, but in the meantime, visit Mass.gov/Snow for more safety tips.

Hundreds of companies, including major retailer Costco, have already filed lawsuits to get refunds on money they paid toward President Trump’s tariffs. nbcnews.com/business/busines…

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Nearly 200 pieces of New Deal-era artwork, once on display in our nation’s post offices, are missing or significantly damaged. A part of then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s push to raise America’s stature on the global art stage and provide employment amidst the Great Depression, nearly 1,700 murals hung in U.S. post offices. But over time, and as the U.S. Postal Service faced serious financial challenges, some of the art has vanished, been painted over or is unaccounted for. That’s according to new reporting from the Washington Post’s Jacob Bogage. PBS News’ Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) spoke with Bogage about this project and why efforts to preserve these pieces of American history haven’t materialized.